Individual Details

Christian Bamberger Senior

(Abt 1682 - Abt 1742)

Christian Bomberger, Sr. received a certificate of Honorable Dismissal from the Chief Magistrate of Waibstatt on 12 May 1722. He, his wife, two sons and six daughters "left the Tenantry of Baron Von Der Fels, in Eschelbronn, Baden.." and came to Pennsylvania, where he settled. Christian and his family were the first Europeans to live in what is now Warwick Township. He received 564 acres from the heirs of William Penn in 1733.
Christian Bomberger, Sr. may have wed Anna Barbara Storlin in 1701.
The original homestead, Sunnyside Farm, was still in the Bomberger family in 2012.

Events

BirthAbt 1682Baden, Wurttemberg, Germany
DeathAbt 1742Warwick, Lancaster, PA
Probate25 Mar 1742
MarriageMaria
Alt nameChristian Bomberger Senior
BurialBomberger Cemetery, Lititz, Lancaster, PA

Families

SpouseMaria (1687 - )
ChildAnna Bamberger (1705 - )
ChildJohn Bomberger Senior (1703 - 1756)
ChildElisabeth Bomberger (1705 - 1779)
ChildBarbara Bomberger (1706 - 1771)
ChildChristian Bomberger Junior (1719 - 1787)
ChildMargaret Bomberger ( - )
ChildBomberger ( - 1722)

Notes

Birth

Christian Bomberger farmed in Eschelbronn, and came to America in 1722. He bought 548 acres in Warwick Township in 1733/1734.

Marriage

Christian Bomberger and Maria were listed as marrying in 1710, but this would be before the birth of four of their children.